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package nz.co.senanque.validationengine.metadata;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

import nz.co.senanque.validationengine.choicelists.Choice;
import nz.co.senanque.validationengine.choicelists.ChoiceBase;
import nz.co.senanque.validationengine.fieldvalidators.FieldValidator;

import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;

/**
 * 
 * Used to hide the metadata internals from callers.
 * 
 * @author Roger Parkinson
 * @version $Revision: 1.19 $
 */
public interface PropertyMetadata
{
    String getLabelName(Locale locale);
    List<ChoiceBase> getChoiceList();
    Choice findChoice(String key);
    Class<?> getClazz();
    List<FieldValidator<Annotation>> getConstraintValidators();
    MessageSource getMessageSource();
}
